[Quilla]

A couple of years ago I wrote a business plan for a wonderful chef who had experience with "commercial equipment and management for kitchens, and multiple styles of cooking" (however, not from different nations). He received backing from the first bank that read the proposal. His restaurant was functioning in the black within four months and is doing quite well today. (I am aware of his profitability as I set up the books, assisted him with them for the first few months, and am compensated with all the pecan pies my husband can eat.) It was a start from scratch venture with basically his cooking skills and experience, along with a novel premise, as collateral.

Should you choose to offer your wife a four star restaurant with complete creative control in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, you are welcome to the plan. I would be happy to assist with pertinent revisions.

Best of luck to you, sir.

[grey_whiskers]

No words of mine can be appropriate for this.

I am in awe of your approach and reaction to this, and your honesty in posting this for the world to see.

If you need any support, prayers, or even just conversation, by all means...

we are here for you.

God Bless You!

[Congressman Billybob]

That is a very kind offer. But I do not deceive myself. Part of the reason that Kem accepted that offer was that it did not involve me, and it would allow her to leave this small town in the Blue Ridge. As excellent as your business plan is, somehow I think that those are "extraneous" matters that would be "deal breakers."

Cordially,

John / Billybob